![An image grab taken on April 16, 2014 from a video released on March 29, 2014 by Al-Malahem Media, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), allegedly shows AQAP jihadists listening to their chief Nasser al-Wuhayshi at an undisclosed location in Yemen. Wuhayshi has pledged in a rare video appearance to pursue the war against the Western "crusaders" everywhere possible. AFP PHOTO/HO/AL-MALAHEM MEDIA
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Fighters of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula in an image grab taken from a video released by the Yemeni group's propaganda arm in 2014. AFP
Fighters of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula in an image grab taken from a video released by the Yemeni group's propaganda arm in 2014. AFP
Al Qaeda shows signs of resurgence in Yemen
Recent attacks add to evidence the extremists are regrouping in southern areas
Ali Mahmood
10 April, 2021